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These are difficult times for America’s working men and women. The well-paying jobs that built the American middle class continue to be outsourced to cheap foreign labor markets. Affordable healthcare is now out of reach for millions of Americans as corporations cut benefits and the federal government neglects its responsibility to ensure a healthy future for all citizens. The cost of higher education is soaring while funding for primary and secondary schools plummets. It’s time to change the way America is doing business. It’s time to Reinvest in America and Put America Back to Work!
The Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), United Steelworkers of America (USWA), National Community Action Foundation (NCAF), AFL-CIO, The International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, and American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) are joining together in this election year to focus attention on what matters the most to our families and communities: well-paying jobs; affordable healthcare; and quality education. The campaign
begins with
a bus tour
through a
particularly
hard hit
area of the
country,
the Appalachian
region of
western Pennsylvania
and West
Virginia,
and southeast
Ohio. June
6 — 9,
Rev. Jesse
Jackson,
UMWA President
Cecil Roberts,
USWA Vice
President
Leon Lynch,
and other
leaders will
travel through
the region
to call attention
to these
issues that
must be addressed
now. Please attend events in your area. Tell others and bring them along. Join us as we build a coalition that will tell our political and corporate leaders it’s time to Reinvest in America and Put America Back to Work! |
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